Wednesday, January 16, 2008

January 17 Footnotes

Walter Bailes was born in 1920.

Grady Martin, guitarist extraordinaire, was born in 1929.

Country music executive Cliffie Stone died in 1998. He was a pioneer of the Bakersfield music scene. He also is a Hall of Fame member.

To find a real country song at number one on this date, one must go back to Merle Haggard's "If We Make It through December" in 1973. In 1972, Haggard's "Carolyn" was number one.

In 1958, "City Lights" by Ray Price was number one.

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